Sirene Journal

I visited Italy last fall on a book tour when UNDERJUNGLE came out there, and I had lunch in Bologna at Trattoria Seghei with the journalist Valentina Pigmei. There was tortellini in brodo, guinea fowl, and lambrusco, but mostly we talked about the sea, our connections to it, and how we (all of us) always need to feel more. Valentina writes for Sirene Journal, among others. It’s an oversized magazine published twice a year in both Italian and English editions, and our conversation is in the spring 2025 issue, the magazine's 20th. You won’t get enough of a feel for it here, but it’s printed on paper made from algae, and it’s beautiful.

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